[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 10546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4592]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Clean Air Act

    In accordance with Departmental policy, 28 C.F.R. 50.7, and section 
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, (``Act'') 42 U.S.C. Sec. 7413(g), notice 
is hereby given that on February 17, 2000, a proposed consent decree in 
United States v. Pan American Grain Manufacturing Co., Inc., (``PAGM'') 
Civil Action No. 98-1197 (JP) was lodged with the United States 
District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
    The proposed consent decree resolves the United States' claims 
against PAGM for violations of the Act and the requirements or 
prohibitions of the State Implementation Plan for the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico (``SIP''), promulgated pursuant to Section 110 of the Act, 
42 U.S.C. Sec. 7410, regarding particulate emissions from PAGM's grain 
handling and processing facilities in the Guaynabo, Puerto Rico area. 
Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, PAGM will pay a civil 
penalty of $410,000.00 to the United States, complete performance 
testing to demonstrate full compliance with the SIP regulations at each 
of its facilities, comply with operation standards prescribed by the 
proposed consent decree, file quarterly reports regarding its 
compliance efforts, and maintain compliance with the Act and the 
applicable SIP.
    The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General of the Environment and Natural Resources Division, 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States v. Pan American Grain Manufacturing Co., Inc., DOJ Ref. 
No. 90-5-2-1-2133.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the office of the 
United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, Federico 
Degeteau Federal Building, Carlos Chardon Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 
00918, and at the Region II Office of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 290 Broadway, New York, New York, 10007. A copy of the proposed 
consent decree may also be obtained by mail from the Department of 
Justice Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611. In requesting a copy, please enclose a check, payable to the 
Consent Decree Library in the amount of $9.50 (25 cents per page 
reproduction costs) for the proposed consent decree alone, or $72.00 
for the proposed consent decree with all attachments.

Joel M. Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 00-4592 Filed 2-25-00; 8:45 am]
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